Chapter 40: Life and Death
"Zhu Lingyun is suspected of rebellion, he will be ordered to be killed, if there is anyone who does not obey, there will be no forgiveness!" Zhou Ye held a long knife in his hand, looking around, and there was an indescribable majesty and momentum on his body. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
A soldier was emboldened and asked, "General Zhou, is this what King Yan meant?" ”
"Are you suspicious of Ben General?" Zhou Ye looked at him coldly, and the killing intent in his eyes became stronger and stronger.
The soldier's body trembled, and he couldn't help but glance under the city wall, Zhu Lingyun's head had disappeared, and he didn't want to follow in Zhu Lingyun's footsteps.
Zhou Ye raised his long knife at the right time and shouted: "Anyone who is not convinced, just let the horse come." ”
After Zhu Lingyun's death, a few of the soldiers around him were indeed unconvinced, but they couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, so Zhou Ye shouted loudly, leaving them without a master, and they didn't know what to do.
"Zhu Lingyun has been ambushed, don't you want to cherish your life?" Zhou Ye said loudly again.
Zhu Lingyun's subordinates, look at me, I look at you, a good-looking general pursed his lips and threw away the weapon in his hand, one person threw it away, and most of the rest of the people also made a choice and put down their weapons, only a small number of people were still hesitating.
"Lay down your arms, or you will be killed!" Zhou Ye shouted loudly.
Two or three of the remaining people put down their weapons, but there were still a few people who were not at ease and were very hesitant, Zhou Ye sneered, waved his hand, and brought his henchmen forward, pulled out his blade, and instantly cut a soldier who wanted to resist into meat sauce.
The rest of the people saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly threw away the blades in their hands, Zhou Ye looked at them coldly, until everyone threw away the blades in their hands, then waved their hands and motioned for their soldiers to take them down.
At this time, outside the city, there was still chaos, but with the battle, the situation became clearer and clearer, and the soldiers on the Qi Wangfu and Wuhou Mansion cooperated with each other and gradually killed the stragglers, in addition, with the arrival of Fu Yanqing, the Qi King's side was more sufficient. Fu Yanqing showed his identity, and the generals of the Yang Mansion were also on the side, and the soldiers on both sides united and unanimously to the outside world, gradually gaining the upper hand.
In the chaos, Qian Wenfeng saw bad signs, he immediately chose to identify himself, Fu Yanqing didn't know what was going on, but in order to enter the imperial city as soon as possible, he still chose to believe him. Zhou Ye was waiting for this time, and after the situation outside the city calmed down, Fu Yanqing sent his henchmen over.
"Open the door, I'm here to help." The man said. This is very vague, since it is to help each other, then who is to help each other?
Zhou Ye stared outside the city, he knew that since the soldiers of the Yang Mansion and the Qi Wangfu had converged with the newcomers, it would prove that they were all the way, thinking of this, he waved his hand and said, "Come on, open the city gate." ”
"Whoa!" The henchman replied, and the soldiers opened the gates.
A moment later, Fu Yanqing, Qian Wenfeng's father and son, as well as some of the generals of the Qi Wangfu and Yang Mansions, entered the Vermilion Bird Gate.
Zhou Ye walked down, looked at everyone, and said, "You can help each other, I thank you on behalf of Your Highness." ”
Zhou Ye's words were also vague, Fu Yanqing rode on the war horse, his eyes were blazing, and said, "General Zhou, what's wrong with Wu Hou?" ”
In the secret room, Zeng Yiling suddenly laughed, even in a critical situation, her smile was still so indifferent.
Li Hongji was in a hurry, so he was not in a hurry, and when Zeng Yiling finished laughing, he asked, "Are you begging me?" ”
"You think so, that's fine." Zeng Yiling does not deny it.
Li Hongji licked his chapped lips, although he is a military general, he can count the people he has killed with one palm, but today, how many people will he kill? Li Hongji nodded and motioned for Zeng Yiling to continue.
"Your rebellion today is nothing more than trying to seize power, and now it seems that most of your goal has been achieved, and this person is just a chess piece for you. Even if he canonizes you as the crown prince and makes you the emperor, have you ever thought that with your foundation in the imperial court, it is not enough to sit firmly. Zeng Yiling said.
"That's right, so whoever is in King Qi's party will not be left in this king today." Li Hongji said, kicking Zhou Zong, who was lying on the ground and was no longer moving.
"And what about those who are loyal to him?" Zeng Yiling looked at Li Jing.
Li Jing had anger in his eyes and said, "What are you going to do?" ”
Li Jing's inquiry was also what Li Hongji wanted to know, and he looked at Zeng Yiling lightly, looking very interested.
"I'm afraid there are more ministers loyal to the Son of Heaven, you only have two choices, one is to completely kill the ministers loyal to the Son of Heaven, and the other is to kill him once and for all." Zeng Yiling raised her hand and pointed at Li Jing, with anger in her eyes. The events of the year may have nothing to do with Li Jing, but the father's debt is repaid by the son, this is eternal, it doesn't matter if Li Yu is dead, he still has a son, and he naturally has to repay this account.
"You dare?" Li Jing glared angrily, his eyes were almost spewing fire, he looked at Zeng Yiling for a while, and suddenly looked at Li Hongji, but his tone was much softer, "King Yan, I have thought about it, maybe only you can inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty, and today I promise you to pass on the throne to you." I just want to find a quiet place to cultivate my self. ”
Li Hongji breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Father, it's not that your son can't trust you, and I ask my father to issue an edict immediately!" ”
There was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the secret room, and Li Hongji had someone take the jade seal, and he was waiting on the side.
A soldier stepped forward to sharpen the ink for Li Jing, and after grinding, Li Jing slowly stepped forward, grabbed a brush with trembling hands, and dipped it in the inkstone, the tip of the pen was full of ink, and it became extraordinarily huge.
"Father, it's not too early." Li Hongji kindly reminded.
Li Jing smiled bitterly, rolled up his sleeves, and wrote on the rice paper one by one, the handwriting was a little messy, but this was enough, Li Hongji looked at it while thinking, the holy decree written by his father and the emperor himself, the matter was over, no matter whether the Jiedu envoys from all over the country or the courtiers of Jinling had opposing opinions, in the face of the holy decree, there was no other choice, unless it was a rebellion, and this, obviously, only a few people would be like this, at that time, even if there were one or two unsightly Jiedu envoys who rebelled, Li Hongji was not afraid at all.
Zeng Yiling was on the side, waiting for Li Jing to finish writing the holy decree.
After Li Jing finished writing, he sat down on the chair as if all his strength had been drained, because he knew that when this holy decree was written, the matter was basically decided.
Li Hongji walked to the side of the case, stared at the handwriting that had not yet dried, and couldn't help laughing, he picked up the jade seal from the side, pressed it down fiercely, and a bright red seal appeared on the rice paper, representing that this holy decree officially had a role.
"Haha, haha!" Li Hongji laughed out loud, the general trend of the world has been decided!
"King Yan, you seem to be laughing too early." Zeng Yiling reminded him.
These words made Li Hongji feel like he had been pricked by a needle, he turned his head suddenly, looked at Zeng Yiling deadly, and said, "What did you say?" ”
"I didn't finish what I said just now, you are too anxious." Zeng Yiling said.
Li Hongji handed the holy decree to Chen Dongshen beside him and asked him to keep it alive, then he looked at Zeng Yiling and said, "Since you didn't finish it just now, you might as well finish it." ”
"With the Holy Decree, you are only occupying the righteousness, but, again, your foundation is too shallow to accomplish things. If you keep his life, if he mutinies and regains his power, as he did today, will you be able to rest easy? Zeng Yiling said.
Li Hongji was stunned, he didn't think about it, or rather, in his heart, he just wanted to kill his political enemies and seize the power of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't have the heart to kill the king and kill his father. Therefore, it is the best way to let my father abdicate as the emperor.
However, Zeng Yiling's words are very reasonable, his father has been on the throne for many years, and naturally he has his power, just like this secret room, how much does he not know? These things he didn't know, maybe when, would give him a fatal blow. For the sake of safety, as Zeng Yiling said, killing his father is probably the best decision.
But Li Hongji was still a little hesitant, after all, such a thing, the psychological hurdle is not so easy to pass.
Li Hongji was very hesitant for a while, Zeng Yiling sensitively grasped this, she laughed, and said: "Becoming a king and defeating a king, today's things have come to this point, I don't have any ideas, let alone being born in the world, since I have to die, I might as well help King Yan achieve his wish, something you can't do well, but you want to do it in your heart." ”
Zeng Yiling said, pointed at Li Jing with his hand, and said, "His life will be handed over to me!" ”
Li Jing's face changed suddenly, in order to survive, he had already written the holy decree, if Li Hongji repented, wouldn't it be in vain?
Li Hongji was on the side, pursed his lips and didn't speak, at this time, a few people poured in outside the door, first Li Congjia, then several personal soldiers and Li Jingda, the king of Hubei.
Li Hongji raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Jingda without speaking.
Li Jingda lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Jing.
When Li Jing saw him, he was furious and said, "King E, you also have a share." ”
Li Congjia saw that his father was covered in blood, and hurriedly ran up a few steps, "Father, why are you like this?" As he spoke, he protected Li Jing and said, "Big brother, he is a father, you can't kill him." ”
Li Jingda pursed his lips, his eyes flickered, and whispered something in Li Hongji's ear. Li Hongji nodded, flicked his sleeves, and walked out, Li Jingda also followed closely, several pro-soldiers also walked out, and the last person closed the door.
Li Congjia was about to run over, but was locked in the house, he looked back at Li Jing and cried: "Father! ”
Li Jing's body shook, although King Yan did not answer, but the meaning of his words was already very obvious, he glanced at Zeng Yiling with his residual vision, and saw that there was hatred in her eyes, and his heart suddenly sank.
Zeng Yiling slowly took out a dagger from his cuff, and Li Jing's face suddenly turned like ashes, and he didn't know what to do.
"Dog thief, although you didn't have your share in the affairs of the year, but the father and son repay the debt, and you can only repay this account for Li Yu." Zeng Yiling said.
"Sister Zeng, please, spare your father." Li Congjia said and pounced.
Zeng Yiling was unmoved, and her eyes were still looking at Li Jing coldly.
Li Jing smiled bitterly, he understood why Xu Wei committed suicide, and now, can he still escape?
"People will die eventually, and before I die, I want to understand something." Li Jing said.
"Yes, I'll give you a moment." Zeng Yiling said.
Li Jing laughed, but his smile was full of bitterness: "Since you are a descendant of the Xu family and you know Yang Lian, what I want to know is Yang Lian, is he the old prince of the previous dynasty?" ”
"How is it, isn't it?" Zeng Yiling asked.
Li Jing was silent for a long time, and then said: "Frankly speaking, I don't know, the royal family is ruthless, and has always regarded human life as grass mustard and family affection as dung in order to compete for power and profit. The Yang family was indeed kind to his late father back then, but no matter what, those things have already happened, and Yang Lian is dead, so I am afraid that all these grievances can only be written off. ”
Zeng Yiling laughed and said, "It's so easy to say, so the Li family can slaughter the Yang family, can the Xu family be slaughtered?" ”
Li Jing shook his head and said, "In the face of power, this is a life-and-death struggle, and it is impossible to talk about who is right and who is wrong. ”
"Well, it's not about who is right and who is wrong. Your Majesty really pushed it clean, but no matter what you say, I want to get your life today. Zeng Yiling clenched the dagger.
Li Congjia desperately blocked in front of Li Jing and said, "Sister Zeng, please!" ”
Li Jing grabbed him, he always thought that this son was the most cowardly, but in such a situation, he still blocked in front of him, which was enough to prove his deep affection. "How is it, isn't it?" Zeng Yiling asked.
Li Jing was silent for a long time, and then said: "Frankly speaking, I don't know, the royal family is ruthless, and has always regarded human life as grass mustard and family affection as dung in order to compete for power and profit. The Yang family was indeed kind to his late father back then, but no matter what, those things have already happened, and Yang Lian is dead, so I am afraid that all these grievances can only be written off. ”
Zeng Yiling laughed and said, "It's so easy to say, so the Li family can slaughter the Yang family, can the Xu family be slaughtered?" ”
Li Jing shook his head and said, "In the face of power, this is a life-and-death struggle, and it is impossible to talk about who is right and who is wrong. ”
"Well, it's not about who is right and who is wrong. Your Majesty really pushed it clean, but no matter what you say, I want to get your life today. Zeng Yiling clenched the dagger.
Li Congjia desperately blocked in front of Li Jing and said, "Sister Zeng, please!" ”
Li Jing grabbed him, he always thought that this son was the most cowardly, but in such a situation, he still blocked in front of him, which was enough to prove his deep affection. "Well, it's not about who is right and who is wrong. Your Majesty really pushed it clean, but no matter what you say, I want to get your life today. Zeng Yiling clenched the dagger.
Li Congjia desperately blocked in front of Li Jing and said, "Sister Zeng, please!" ”
Li Jing grabbed him, he always thought that this son was the most cowardly, but in such a situation, he still blocked in front of him, which was enough to prove his deep affection. is enough to prove the depth of his affection.